Condiment-holder.



w. GRAEME. OONDIMENT HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 2. 1902.

10 MODEL.

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WNHHHIHE PATENTED MAY 5, 19,03.

Patented May 5, 190a.

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JOSEPH W. GRAEME, OF IVASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CONDlMENT-HOLDER.

"i-PECIFMATION forming art of Letters Patent No. 727,350, dated May 5, 1903.

pplication filed December 2,1902. Serial naisasio. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. GRAEME, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Nashingtomin the District of Columbia, have made certain new and useful Improvements In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on about line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. d is a detail perspective view of the cut-off plate, and Fig. 5

is a detail side elevation of the discharge-section of the holder.

The holder includes the boxes A and B, made somewhat in cylindrical form and ex tending parallel with each other and connected by the cross-bars C and D, whereby the holder presents the appearance of an operaglass, as will be understood from Figs. land 2.

The bars C and D form bearings for the.

post or shaft E, having the finger-wheel E and provided above the bar D with the pinion F, which meshes with and operates the cutofi? plate shown in Fig. at. V

In constructing a holder I prefer to make it with the body section comprising the two boxes A and B and the connecting devices and with the top section including the necks A and B and the cross connecting-plate G, extending between the said necks, as shown. The upper end of the body-section is recessed at H and the cross-plate G forms a cover for said recess and is preferably securedin place by means of the screws G, (see Fig. 1,) which operate to unite the upper and-lower sections of the boxes and inclose the cut-oif plate which operates between the plates 1) and G, as will be understood from Figs. 2and-3.

The necks A and B are provided at A and B with perforations for the discharge of the saltor pepper and are controlled below their discharge ends by the end portions 1 and 1 of the on t-ofi plate I, which plate is provided between the said end portions with a rack 1 meshed by the pinion F, and with a. nameplate I on which are inscribed the condiments, as shownat t" and t", such words being arranged to show through a sight-opening g in the plate G when the cut-off plate is properly adjusted. Thus in the position of parts shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the word Salt will be exposed through the sight-opening, the cut-ofi plate being adjusted to permit the discharge of salt from the openings A and to cut off the discharge of pepper through the openings 13 By preference the cut-off plate operates" across diaphragms a and b in the necks A and B, such diaphragms being perforated at a and 19 so the plate can be adjusted to cover such openings or leave same unobstructed, as desired.

The cut-off plate operates at its end portions through slots a and b in the inner sides of the necks A and B below the plate G, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5 of the drawings.

It will be noticed that the devices for operating the cut-oif plate are inclosed and are not exposed to view, so they do not detract from the resemblance of the holder to an opera-glass. This appearance is also heightened by making the bottoms of the boxes in the form of lenses, as shown at J in Fig. 2, which construction also enables one to see at a glance whether the holder is supplied with the condiments.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim'as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A condimentholder substantially as herein described comprising the body-section provided with the opposite boxes extending approximately parallel with each other,plates connecting said boxes, a recess being provided in the upper end of the body for the cut-01f plate, the shaft or post journaled in the connecting-plates and provided with a finger-wheel and having abovethe upper connecting-plate a pinion operating in the recess at the upper end of the body portion, the upper sectionhaving the opposite necks registered with the boxes of the body-section, and the connecting-plate forminga cover for the recess in the upper end of the bodysection and provided with a sight-opening, the

- perforated discharge-plates for the said having a rack at its middle portion, and a shaft operating between the opposite boxes and provided with a pinion meshing with said rack whereby to shift the cut-off plate to shut 01f the discharge from either of said boxes substantially as set forth.

3. A condiment-holder comprising the opposite parallel, spaced-apart boxes, theintermediate shaft between and parallel with the boxes, a cut-off plate by which to shut off the discharge from either box, and means whereby the cut-ofi plate may be operated by the intermediate shaft substantially as set forth.

JOSEPH W. GRAEME.

Witnesses:

HARRISON B. BROWN, SoLoN C. KEMON. 

